Joe Baksha, president and CEO of Irvine-based OSI Creative, is retiring March 1. He will be succeeded by John Kellogg, the company’s chief operating officer.

John Kellogg will succeed Joe Baksha, president and CEO of Irvine-based OSI Creative, March 1. Kellogg has been the company’s chief operating officer since October 2018. The company supplies its clients with point-of-purchase displays, custom packaging options and branded merchandise programs.

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Mary Zimmer, a healthcare executive and former speech-language pathologist, has joined CHOC Children’s leadership team as vice president of operations. Previously Zimmer was chief patient and clinical services officer of Citrus Valley Health Partners in the East San Gabriel Valley.

Meg Linton is the new chief executive officer at the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation. She will steer the nonprofit in its efforts to fund library resources, programs and services. Previously Linton was the executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.

Lewis Liu, an automotive strategist for several international and Chinese brands, has joined Irvine-based Karma Automotive as vice president of business development and strategy. His role will help lead long-term business strategies focused on luxury, high technology, customization and customer treatment. Liu comes to Karma from Faraday Future where he served as senior director of strategic and business development since 2016.

Summer Taylor joins the board of directors at Santa Ana-based Think Together, a nonprofit organization that partners with schools to change the odds for kids. Taylor is a managing director at Deloitte.

Hoag Medical Group will open its newest state-of-the-art pediatrics office to the public from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 2 at 500 Superior Avenue, Suite 270, Newport Beach. The open house will feature meet-and-greets with pediatricians and plus activities for the family (face painting, balloon creations, tours, refreshments and more).

FedEx has launched its seventh annual Small Business Grant Contest, offering grants and services to 10 U.S.-based small businesses.

The collective prize pool is $220,500, the largest sum since the contest was established in 2012.

Grants, winners also will receive money money in credits to use toward FedEx Office print and business services to help run their businesses. Prizes include packages designed to help them with website optimization, design thinking, social media, and print expertise.

Here’s how the prizes break down: Grand prize: One winner of $50,000, plus $7,500 in print and business services. Silver prize: One winner of $30,000, plus $5,000 in print and business services. Bronze prize: Eight winners of $15,000, plus $1,000 in FedEx print and business services.

The contest is open to U.S.-based for-profit small businesses that have fewer than 99 employees and have been operating for six months or more.

To enter, go to fedex.com/grantcontest and enter contact information, write a short profile about your business and upload four photos of the business or product, including a logo. Participants also have the option of submitting a 90-second “elevator speech” video to supplement their entry.

The contest entry period closes March 25 with voting to take place from Feb. 27 to April 1. Following a judging period, winners will be announced April 29 at fedex.com/grantcontest.

Executive shuffle at OSI

Joe Baksha, president and CEO of Irvine-based OSI Creative, is retiring March 1. He will be succeeded by John Kellogg, the company’s chief operating officer.

The company supplies its clients with point-of-purchase displays, custom packaging options and branded merchandise programs. Baksha exits the firm with 50 years of industry experience.

Kellogg joined OSI in October 2018. He brings to OSI 28 years of experience in the printing, packaging, distribution and display industries.

Also in OSI news, the company has completed bought the assets of New Dimensions Research Corp., a Long Island, New York-based designer and manufacturer of displays and merchandising. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

NDR employees joining OSI will continue working from NDR’s existing facility in Melville, New York.

On the move

Mary Zimmer, a healthcare executive and former speech-language pathologist, has joined CHOC Children’s leadership team as vice president of operations. She will oversee laboratories, radiology and imaging services, pharmacy, clinical nutrition and lactation, rehabilitation services, neurodiagnostics, food services, environmental services, safety and security, biomedical services administration, and facilities and plant operations at CHOC’s main hospital campus in Orange. Previously Zimmer was chief patient and clinical services officer of Citrus Valley Health Partners in the East San Gabriel Valley.

Meg Linton is the new chief executive officer at the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation. She will steer the nonprofit in its efforts to fund library resources, programs and services. Previously Linton was the executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, director of galleries and exhibitions for the Ben Maltz Gallery at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, and executive director of the Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Lewis Liu, an automotive strategist for several international and Chinese brands, has joined Irvine-based Karma Automotive as vice president of business development and strategy. His role will help lead long-term business strategies focused on luxury, high technology, customization and customer treatment. Liu comes to Karma from Faraday Future where he served as senior director of strategic and business development since 2016.

On board

Summer Taylor joins the board of directors at Santa Ana-based Think Together, a nonprofit organization that partners with schools to change the odds for kids. Taylor is the managing director at Deloitte.

Grants

Visit Anaheim Cares is donating $20,000 to GOALS, an Anaheim-based nonprofit designed to help improve the lives of local underserved children. This donation will support GOALS’ mission to provide after-school athletics, academics, community service, mentoring and job training.

The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has awarded Waymakers a $1.1 million grant to support the nonprofit’s statewide campaign to prevent violence within families in California. The two-year grant is directed to Waymakers’ Project PATH (Positive Action Toward Health) program. For more Waymakers and their programs and shelters throughout Orange County, go to waymakersoc.org.

Coming up

Arts Orange County will present Vijay Gupta as featured speaker for its 10th annual Creative Edge Lecture at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 5 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The lecture is free to the public. Gupta, a violinist and social justice advocate, is the founder and Artistic Director of Street Symphony, a non-profit organization providing musical engagement, dialogue and teaching artistry for homeless and incarcerated communities in Los Angeles. Guests should register directly through the Barclay Theatre online at thebarclay.org or artsoc.org by calling 949-854-4646, Ext. 1.

Hoag Medical Group will open its newest state-of-the-art pediatrics office to the public from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 2 at 500 Superior Avenue, Suite 270, Newport Beach. The open house will feature meet-and-greets with pediatricians and plus activities for the family (face painting, balloon creations, tours, refreshments and more).

Correction

A photo accompanying an item on Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in last week’s Status Update column was the incorrect hospital. The photo was chosen in haste by the business editor; she was duly chastised by loyal readers of this column. Everyone needs an editor, right?

Status Update is compiled by contributing writer Karen Levin and edited by Business Editor Samantha Gowen. Submit items to sgowen@scng.com. High-resolution images also can be submitted. Allow at least one week for publication. Items are edited for length and clarity.

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